Houston Lighting and Power Co. v. Sue

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a suit involving a trespass. Appellant-defendant is Houston Lighting & Power Company (HL & P), and plaintiff-appellee is Charles Sue. The case was tried to a jury on a claim of trespass with counts of negligence and gross negligence, based upon HL & P’s conduct in not securing permission of the property owner or from the lessee Mr. Sue to enter onto the land.

The case was submitted to the jury which found: liability on the part of HL & P; actual damages associated with Mr. Sue’s cattle business, including lost cows, costs of rounding up cows and…